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Large Skipper

Ochlodes sylvanus

Photo by Janice Parr
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small brown butterfly with small white patches on their wings and black stripes running around their antenna.

Habitat:

This one was typically feeding on a bramble flower, which is one of their favourites; alongside a small river with corn fields on either side.

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PublishedJune 9, 2011

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